The American pot goes after the Chinese kettle on climate change
President Biden chastised Beijing for not showing up to COP26 but the US record is far from exemplary.
President Biden chastised Beijing for not showing up to COP26 but the US record is far from exemplary.
The Pentagon has made efforts to go green, but driving electric cars around bases isn’t going to cut it.
Only when China and the United States elevate the threat of climate change above their geopolitical rivalry will it be possible to avert disaster.
The two Koreas cannot by themselves stop the climate crisis, but they can establish a model that the rest of the world can follow.
By 2049, the United States and China may be far too preoccupied with climate disaster to focus on conflict with each other.
Weather-related disasters keep telling us that climate change is our biggest threat but Washington keeps insisting we focus on China.
The secretary of state’s speech promoting Biden’s infrastructure plan could have been more internationalist given a grim new UN report on climate change.
The Biden administration must address this strategically or there will be nothing left of the ‘global order’ as we know it.
Despite its logistical resources, the U.S. army is caught unprepared to face this unprecedented threat.
It’s possible to imagine a future where nations fight over the earth’s critical minerals, just as they once fought over oil. Or maybe not.
The US can no longer afford to ignore the potential for regional conflict due to a changing climate.
On China, Afghanistan, defense budget, climate crisis and the Middle East — a bit of a mixed bag, say Quincy experts.
The chance to present Beijing as a leader in combating climate change seemed to play a role in Xi Jinping’s decision.
Secretary of State Blinken recently placed the challenge in the contradictory context of great power competition.
Carbon emissions could be the strongest area of cooperation for the two countries but also the toughest to come to terms with.
Future cooperation between these major carbon producing powers is essential, and frankly, would be refreshing.
The Biden administration seems to think that China is a problem like Covid-19 that can be managed simply by being the un-Trump.
The Biden administration’s goal of building an international coalition to confront and “contain” China is at odds its goal of addressing climate change.
Biden signs order that elevates climate to a national security issue. Let’s see if the DoD takes on board their own role in the crisis.
A new approach requires recognition of the dangers of aggressive, ideologically driven policy centered on containing China.
How will we cope with 1.2 billion people — nearly the population of China or India — likely to be displaced in the next 30 years?